New month, new shot at getting your work out there. If you’re writing poetry, short stories, essays, or something weird that doesn’t quite fit into a box, there’s something here for you. These free-entry writing opportunities are split into categories — open calls, region-specific submissions, grants, and fellowships — so you can easily find what…
I went into Equation by Hubert-Richard Clarke expecting a straightforward crime thriller, but I found something a little different. The book starts with a lot of atmosphere; orange sunrises, ocean waves, and a detective carrying grief like an extra limb. From the very first page, there’s this weight hanging over everything, and I can tell…
The journey of Bitterblue by Sam Martin to my hands is a story in itself. When the author mailed it to me from Germany, it somehow almost got lost the moment it touched Nigerian soil. Weeks passed, and I kept hearing the same thing: “Your package hasn’t arrived yet.” Until, one day, it magically had…
Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku is one of those books that you think you already know just from the title, like Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad. But the moment you get into it, you realize oh, there’s so much more, it’s not just about bumbums. It’s also not written…
Damilare Kuku’s Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad is a loud, chaotic, and sometimes painfully relatable collection of short stories about Lagos’ dating (and marriage) scene. I am (proudly) one of those who didn’t read it after its release, but crawled back to it after her recent Only Big BumBum Matters Tomorrow release….
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